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Cricket Chat
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- During the Bombay test against Bill Lawry's Australians during their 1969-70 tour of India,
you were given out caught behind by Taber (by Umpire Sambhu Pan I think) while in the middle of
a fantastic recovery effort along with Ajit Wadekar. Your dismissal made the Australian victory
possible; India had a reasonable chance of a draw otherwise. I remember the incident provoked
angry demonstrations in the Brabourne stands.
Taber admitted years later that the ball was
nowhere near the bat. Can you tell us a bit about that. [Video]
- Do you consider the elevation of Bangladesh to Test status a premature development. [Video]
- When you are bowling off spin, how do you vary the amount of spin? [Video]
- Sir, what is the scope of women's cricket in the country and in the international scenario?
In your opinion which segment of audience would be interested in women's cricket? [Video]
- Whom you consider as the best Umpire India has ever produced and why? [Video]
- As off-spinners how do you rate/compare Muttiah Muralithatan & Saqlain Mushtaq?
In your personal opinion who is the best off spinner in the world today?[Video]
- Is a batsman out if the ball hits the non striker and is then caught by a fieldsman? [Video]
- What kind of special preparation you do both physically and mentally before umpiring a match? [Video]
- While umpiring, who have you felt as the bowler who is most unlucky? Has beat the batsman most often without result? [Video]
- Do you think that the restructing of the Domestic Circuit at the recent BCCI working committee
augurs well for the future? [Video]
- What is your role as member of the National Cricket Academy committee? What are the future plans
of the NCA? [Video]
- Given a choice between umpiring and coaching which would you prefer? [Video]
- Being a player are you better placed than other umpires regarding bat/pad catches and LBW's. [Video]
- One of your greatest regrets was Tamil Nadu's failure to win the Ranji Trophy in your playing
days. What would you attribute this too?
Do you think TN was mentally and psychologically
cowed down/intimidated by a side like Bombay? The most famous example was the Ranji final of
1972-73 when Tamil Nadu prepared a minefield of a wicket but were still thrashed. Could you
describe that match and would you have approached it differently if you had another chance? [Video]
- You were one of the best close in catchers of your time. Was it difficult to field close to the
bat to the spinners where you depend more on instinct than anything else? How did you develop
your catching skills? Could you describe your most satisfying catch? [Video]
- As an umpire would you like to see a change in any laws of the game? For example it is said that
the front foot no ball rule gives the umpire much less reaction time to take a decision. Any
other examples like that? [Video]
- If you were bowling to sachin Tendulkar how would you try to plan out his dismissal? [Video]
- You have been in various capacities, as a player, manager, and administrator. Which of these
gives you a satisfaction of having achieved something... and why??? [Video]
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